Christmas song | Pine boughs and the quiet of candles

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by Benno Geiger (1882 - 1965)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Weihnachtsgesang

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Tannengrün und Kerzenstille
Wissen manchen Seufzer Weh,
durch die Nacht geht stille, stille,
stille, stille, weißer Schnee.

Mancher Seufzer sehnt sich Friede-
los nach weißer Friedlichkeit,
durch die Nacht weht Friede, Friede,
Friede, Friede, weit und breit.

Text Authorship:

by Benno Geiger (1882 - 1965) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Elisabeth Schultz (1846 - 1926), as E. Adaïewsky, "Weihnachtsgesang", published 1912 [ voice and piano ], from 24 Präludien für Singstimme und Klavier, no. 7, Leipzig: C.F. Kahnt Nachfolger [sung text checked 1 time]
by Elisabeth Schultz (1846 - 1926), as E. Adaïewsky, "Weihnachtsgesang" [ voice and string quartet ], from Vier Präludien, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Christmas song", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2011-08-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 37

Christmas song

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Pine boughs and the quiet of candles
Know of many a sorrow of sighs,
Through the night passes silently, silently,
Silently, silently, white snow.
 
Many a sigh, devoid of quietude,
Yearns for white peacefulness,
Through the night wafts peace, peace,
Peace, peace, far and wide.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Benno Geiger (1882 - 1965)
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This text was added to the website: 2015-10-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 45